PONDERING THE PONDERING

Pondering the pondering

Whilst sitting here on the edge of this jagged ledge

Pondering a point

Thoughtful

Thinking

Brooding

Assessing

The next steps

Life can be

Rough and tough

But here I sit

Alone

But not alone

My thoughts

Running

Racing

Cogitating

Deliberating the next move

Decisions

Decisions

No I am not jumping off the edge

Life is too precious to do that

The wide open space

Is the best place

There is quietness

Stillness

Powerful force

Strong

Sturdy

That has stood the test of time

Friends have become strangers

Or is it that I have become the stranger

Grown in stature

Moved on

With my life

Away from all that was

Life before is now my stranger

On a very distant shore

Friends I have said goodbye too

Wished them well

Bade farewell

But those that remain

Are the true

Truly

The best

They have seen it all

Heard it all

Trusted

Faithful

Dependable

Believed in me

Had faith in me

Spurred me on

At times kicked this butt

But now as I sit here on this ledge

Who now stays?

And who goes?

Who knows?

Maybe time to see how it goes

Make the decisions

As life rolls along

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

15^th June 2012

All Rights Reserved